The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 4, 1918, Page 1

i" anne \i | Pe Ga se Seeie Mc 3 \ | WAR SIDELIGHTS H You will be interested in the sidelights on the | {war action as they are prevented to you day by | } day in The Star, Today's “sidelights” are found | } om the last page, ___ VOLUME 20, NO. 187 FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT OF THE UNITED PRESS SEATTLE, WASH., FR at the Postoffice at IF IT HELPS WIN THE WAR. THE STAR !IS FOR -~TheSeattleSta THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPE Kntered ae Becond Class Matter May 3, 18 ASSOCIATIONS Beattie, Waeh., under the Act of COMPLETE SERVICE OI IDAY, OCTOBE R 4, 1916. RIN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Congress March 8, 1879, * THE NEWSPAPER Weather Forecast: ENTERPRISE IT: NIGHT EDITION TWO CENTS PER COPY Tear, by Mall, $5.00 to $9.08 ASSOCIATION a Tonight ond Saturday, showers * moderate fresh southerly winds | SPANISH FLU TAKES ‘an effort to conserve man-power and woman-power, to practice the simple precautions: “I, Never cough or sneeze without holding a handkerchief be fore your face. “2. Keep away from public gatherings and public places as . If necessary for you to go into crowded places ‘son as possible. ; If you have a cold, even the most simple cold, keep your ) face away from other peaple’s faces. Do not kiss the members of your family, and do not breathe directly into other people's faces. a “4 If you have any symptoms whatsoever of grippe stay at f home. Do not visit others or permit others to visit you. Keep your 3 windows wide open so that you may have an abundance of fresh J air. If you do not promptly recover, or if you fee! ill, call your physician. e above mentioned precautions are extremely simple, and yet are you will only consider for a moment, you will realize that we asking you to practice voluntary quarantine instead of trying put you under quarantine by law. We are asking you as a patri- Otic service to actually go into quarantine and stay there until all Of spreading the disease is passed. Should the disease be. FIRST VICTIMS HERE LINE QUENTIN Villages Retaken; British Cavalry Dashes Seven Miles Beyond Town ‘that night by the Germans closed the gap. which threatened a compicte break thru by the allies. Yesterday Haig’s troops again smashed {nto the defenses, retaking the villages of Le Catelet, Gouy, Ramicourt and Seque hart. A large breach at this point would permit open warfare in the jarea far to the rear of the Hinden | burg line LONDON, Oct 4.—British troops the high ground northwest of uehart, in clone fighting yester and beat off counter attacks on Field Marshal he! day Gouy and Le Catelet, Haig reported today North of St. Quentin more than 4,000 prisoners were taken yesterday ‘The British have advanced a mile farther between Armentieres and Lens, reaching the railway east of the latter place. “eenfined to beds there with the malady. Earlier in the day State Health | Commissioner Tuttle issued an ap Deal for public co-operation to check | 0, 000 WOMEN the spread of the amenie His Matement is printed abo “The nine cases now ‘onder obser. | vation by the health department | have been isolated,” Health Commis. | sioner McBride said. “Physicians should report cases Promptly. We do not plan to inocu- victims, as has been erroneously intend to isolate civilian cases had been reported previous to Friday, altho two at the University naval training camp have died and 321 men are TO MARCH FOR LIBERTY LOAN Seattle womanhood, including the mothers, wives and daugh- ters, sisters and sweethearts of 1,840,000 MEN SENT OVERSEAS WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.—A total of | 1,840,000 American troops have been | sent overseas to date, members of the | house military committee were told war department conference to |day Committeemen also quoted war de | partment officials for the statement that 234 De Haviland planes had been produced last week, bringing to- * output to 1,694 Liberty motors produced now total , committeemen said they were Deaths at Bremerton soldiers and sailors who are At Bremerton several deaths have| fighting for Uncle Sam in all | been reported and several hundred| corners of the Allied World, (ases are under observation. Medi- will parade Saturday morning al staffs have been increased to cope}. at 10:45 a m., as a stirring With the situation | At the university an information bureau has been established where Telatives can find out the condition of men by calling North 3600. There are 769 men on the complete human appeal line. This demonstration, and the for support to the Fourth Liberty Loan cam- paign. Ten thousand women | and girls are expected to be in FOR TURK CITY : PARIS, Oct, 4.—"Soon we will carry out strokes to Constanti-| nople.”, Gen. Du Experry, com. big | mander-in-chief of the allied arm- sick list at the camp. community song festival, to which tes in Macedonia, declared, in re+ Gtve Temperature all Seattle is invited, at the Arena| plying to a delegation of Salonikt) ; "BdE the situation is improving,” | at % Pp. m. Friday night, are the|ctvillans, according to a dispatch + 4N) Commander Freeman said today.| outstanding features of the pro-|received here today “And ‘we expect to be able to, dis-|#ram. “Everybody Sing” Lyon * - once charge many of these men very Arena ‘singing. will lead the | "The village of Wishawa, Pu . There are 16 cases of uh re 6 ] monia ts the last stage of Spaniah in| of five sons in the terviee,. who. in| | ‘se deaths had been reported. | fluenza). ‘Three are serious cases,| chairman of the knitting depart he ‘The first actual death was October | 2, and there was another death. last | Bight.” The condition of men whose tem- Perature is above 103 is considered | *, ‘The information bureau at the Raval camp will ascertain the tem erature of any man on the sick list | ter, was chosen last night as gr | marshal for the Saturday | following a drawing made by E Swezea, organizer of the Loan. necessary publicity for the Liberty The drawing was account of the ment of the Seattle Red Cross chap parade, | parade, |and Frank Waterhouse, director of | fact that five Seattle and | Hert | If you want to rent, | buy any on | thing or sell ‘NEAR OPEN COUNTRY! if requested mothers were found who have five If you want to se — | sons in the service. The aides to! 5 Mrs, Peabody will be Mra. M. F.| cure help- q Anna Hazzley, of 910 Howell st.,| and Mrs. J. B. Walker, of 4038% tion— Woodland Park ave. and Mrs, Then tell it to the John Goodfellow, of 603 Valley st Leads Sweethearts Miss Ida K. Bond, of 1426 37th} ave. N., was selected thru a similar drawing as the leader of the sweet | hearts’ section. Miss Bond, who ts |} ‘ana tive vou Went a stenographer and an expert horse: | : wotnan, wears 4 w#ervice star Ad charged. | in SPANISH FLU NEW YORK, Oct. 4.—Spanish in lWenza, sweeping thru the big cities Of the country, as well as thru army amps, has brought suffering to More than 175,000 soldiers and civil- } | largest audience | the Northwest PHONE MAIN 600 were from ‘all section show | vee soldier who in fighting the ia occurring at the rate of| Hun on the fields of France. She ‘ (Continued on page 9) (Continued on page 9) ’ ed be. et Be og |]| along the wooded points |LINE CRACKS AT ARGONNE TO THE SEA Foch Plans Masterful Strat- | egy to Give Hun Backward Motion DEFENSES CRUMBLING| BY WEBB MILLER United Press Correspondent | PARIS, Oct. 6-—(12:15 p. m)-— The German line, from the Ar- gonne to the sea, is cracking om- |inously, Marshal Foch is shower- ing short, hard smashes the brittle spots, widening the fiwuren. Just as the cracks in Flanders and the Chemin Des Dames region | are causing a retirement on wide | fronts at LaHassee and northwest of Kheims, other withdrawals will | result ax new cracks develop in other sectora, Already it in becoming evident that the Germans have made up their minds to loown their clutch on a large stretch of French and Belgian territory. Therefore, Gen. Ludendorft ia attempting to re-/ treat In one marrow section at a time, to gain as much time as Domible, and to mve as much ma- tertal and man-power as he can. To New Cracks Fooh's t: ja not only toe open [new cracks But to give the enemy | plenty of backward momentum, Yh outstanding remult of the week of the world’s greatest {battle is the Germans’ loss of their | great defensive system, upon which | they Intended to make @ stand this | winter, A secondary remult has been the | los of a quarter of a million pris- loners, the gravity of which appears when one considers that the enuiy-| alent of ten German divisions have been killed and wounded, in ad- dition. | on YANKEES PUSH AHEAD 3 MILES | EAST OF RHEIMS (United Press Correspondent.) eee WITH THE AMERICAN FIRST ARMY, Oct. 4.—American trooper, at tacking east of Rheims in conjunc: | tion with the French, have advanced nearly three miles. The battle is continuing The assault began at 6:20 yeater. day morning, without artillery prepa ration. The Germans were comple ly surprised Following a rolling barrage for four kilometers (two and a half! miles) up hill, the Franco-Americans gained the day's ob; before noon, despite determi from the enemy, who series of machine fun neste. | A number of prisoners, guns and | quantities of supplies were captured | Surprise Foe Gunners ‘The Americans eptered the trenches |in preparation f attack Wednesdhy t, the artillery «winging into | place under cover of darkness. The Prepob artiliery in this sector wb | commanded by American officers At 5:30 the artillery poe fi vancing steadily | positions: The doughboys, jumping off, fol lowed a few yards behind. They p Into the German positions which consisted principally of well placed and formidable machine gun | nests xtrung along the hillside, befor the enemy machine gunners could | | get in any serious licks. Pacific coast troops have made a great reputation during the entire Champagne-Argonne push, taking Montfaucon, Vauquois and other im portant points. Lieut. R, 5 forced down Myer, of Oakland, Cal a German biplane yes motor terday despite the fact his o was missing 1 safe landing after his ad, captured the enemy pilot and observer and brought them |into headquarters on foot | Gas Attack Wins | In addition to the artillery fighting | petwoat the Argonne and the Meuse there is some machine gun activity Last night | the Americans made a successful gas projector attack on the Germans at | Vilosnes (on the north bank of the Meuse, two miles east of Brieulles) | WASHINGTON, Oct. 4,— Vital | differences between republican and democratic ideas about after-the war construction policies today forecast the return of politica to AUSTRIA ROCKS! RETIRE IN ALBANIA REICHSRAT DEPUTIES ASK PEACE Czechs and Soldiers Make | Plain Demands on Government KARL IN CONFERENCE By United Press Leased Wire Direct to The Star WASHINGTON, Oct. J tion In the daal monarchy, The Polish deputies also de- manded a ted, independent Poland, to include countrymen living in Germany, Russia and and Montenegro, and formation of a league of nations in con- nection with President Wilson's war aims. Emperor Karl is holding import ant conferences, first with his chief of staff and then with Foreign Minister Burian and Premier von Husnarek Sorialists Make Demands That Austria might follow the course of Bulgaria shortly, was not put beyond the bounds of possibility in well informed quarters. omperor Karl's situation rapidly becoming desperate, all re: and he will shortly be the point where he must yield mors for peace. Only fore action by Germany can thia, alist deputies made radical 4 according is ports agree, at avert Soc have government, today These include: league of nations; diplomats say ne king peace nds on the to reports Creation of a no economic annexations; re- storation of Beigiu Serbia and Montenegro; revision of the treaties of Bucharest and Brest- Litovsk; settlement of eastern ong the lines of na jonalities; settiement of the Polish question by Polish peo- ple; autonomy for all peoples in Austria Hungary. The province or Southern Austria is ported starving, Meat is forbidden to hotels, and visitors have been ordered to leave so that there may be food for residents warfare; no Salzburg in actually re ‘SERBS ENTER TOWN OF NISH PARIS, Oct. 4.—Serbian _ troops are reported to have entered Nish, to which the little nation’s capital |was removed after Belgrade had been menaced by the Austrian in vasion. They also have occupled Leskovalz and Vrania, according to advices today. BELGIANS TAKE FOUR TOWNS ; LONDON, Oct. 4.—45:10 p. The Belgians have captured Mou- lins-Des-Cherminke, Neerboomhoek, Schiethoek and Shierwynd, — « ing ta Wattle fant dlanatahe High Spots in Today’s From the North sea to Lens, the Belgians, British and French continue to progress slowly Between Dixmude and Armentieres, in the face of a stubborn resistance. A Belgian motor car entered Roulers and returned mfely ‘The German retreat on the 26-mile front between Armentieres and Lens is continuing with the British in close pursuit. The Brit ish have reached the railway east of Lens, an additional advance of about a mile ENGL CAVALRY DASHES THRU HUN NES INTO REGION BEYOND ST. QUENTIN Briush cavalry is pouring thru the gap torn in the last of the German subsidiary defense lines, northeast of St. Quentin, and is reported to have reached Fresnoy-LeGrand, four miles into com- paratively open country The Pritish repulsed several counter-attacks in this region yes. terday and took 4,000 additional prisoners. French troops have occupied Lesdins and Morcourt. northeast of St. Quentin, and have made further progress on the Oise canal, north of La Fere, where they are gradually encircling the St. Go- bain massif from the north. FRENCH TROOPS ARE SQUEEZING FOE OUT OF GREAT ST. GOBAIN STRONGHOLD ‘The French have extended their bridge-heads across the Aisne- Marne canal northwest of Rheims and have carried their lines to within three miles of Craonne. South of Laon, the companion move- ment to that north of LaFere is slowly squeezing the enemy out of the St. Gobain stronghold. ‘The French and Americans, in their new attack in the Cham- fagne region, have advanced three miles since they struck west of the Argonne onc abertin shone The battle is continuing. Between the Argonne forest thé Meuse, American artillery is biasting the way for further progress. GERMANS ORDER CIVILIANS TO LEAVE ALSACE IN FEAR OF AMERICAN DRIVE Americans continue t© make minor raids east of Verdun. The civilian population still is being withdrawn from Alsace-Lorraine by the German authorities in anticipation of an American drive. The Austrians are evacuating Albania, with the Italians in pur- sult. Berat has been recaptured. Further north of the battle line, allied naval forces entered the Austrian naval base of Durazzo Wed- | | nesday, destroying the defenses and sinking the Austrian fleet in the harbor. ) ‘The British are pushing north from Damascus toward Aleppo. ( Fall of Beirut is expected within a day or two. FOCH IS SMASHING | THREE BIG FRONTS The today talkans and from Palestine. Continued successes are reported from the west front, from the} IN GREAT DISORDER AUSTRIANS’ News of Allied March | | { | ; | mines, | the enemy and opened a withering | NAVALBASE IS WRECKED Allied Fleet Bombards and Sinks Enemy Craft, Destroying Docks U. S. CHASERS ACTIVE P by Unwed Press Leased Wire Direct to The Btar LONDON, Oct. 4.—(1 damage. The attacking fleet included Brit- ish and Italian warships and Ameri- |can submarines and submarine chas- \ ers, the latter coming in for their share of the glory by sinking two -| Austrian divers, Advancing over water sowed with the allied vessels surprised fire. One of the allied warships was slightly damaged in the attack. Brit- ish and Italian airplanes did good work in co-operation. The Italian statement berg nen jthe part of the American chasers allies are hammering their victories in three great areas of war | said: “American chasers, escorting war- In addition, allied naval forces have destroy- | ships bombarding Durazzo, destroyed ed the Austrian naval base of Durazzo, in Albania, sinking the enemy fleet | two enemy submarines. in that harbor. The west front offensive has been | definitely welded into one gigantic battle line, stretching from the North sea into Lorraine The tine are progressing rapidly from Damascus communication center of Aleppo. latest “Italian and British warships at reports from Pales-| midnight Wednesday penetrated the indicate that Allenby’s troops{mines guarding Durazzo and entered northward, | the port. toward the great the fortifications and depots supply- ae she Austrian army in Albania, They entirely destroyed Unofficial advices today stated Haig’s horsemen have entered Fres rs | aestroved “ae peg R wraps as yi noy- LeGrand, seven miles northeast | craft.” : 2 wie of St. Quentin, and four miles beyond the Beaurevoir-Fonsomme line, which formed the last prepared enemy de- T0 BOCHES IN | Durazzo iccess fenses behind the Hindenburg line. Oo ns New Wa Evacuation of Belgium apparently pe y is gaining headway as the Belgians, | Into a ionia British and French press forward on BY CARL D-OnORY the heels of the ets song ee The ' ry |United. Press Staff Correspondent Germans evidently are resistin, & ————__ WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.—Ameri- orously ‘be , 4 Arr a chueres, but becween that city and | Battle Analysis by | |can-allied smashing of the Austrian f . bat * |naval base at Durazzo will have @ Lens they are stil! falling back ray | J. W. T. Mason | | Spageded -aetent: pen "tte ramneie idly is tha United Press War Expert | | operations. on | mation Ling puredion | ie : # | By United Press Leased Wire | One of the navy department® mans between Lens and Armentieres, Ihave advanced about a mile all along|(, _—sDWect #0, The Star | highest officials today noted thab | the line and are now within less than NEW YORK, Oct. 4—Ameri- ie operation will materially clear | six miles of Lille, the great industrial) ean and Krench operations in the |& Nay for freer passage of men, center of North Franc Champagne, while not as spec- | muniti ms and supplies in the « the British push from Lens,| taeular as the drives in Picardy facedonian region. He pointed out they winning back great por) and Flanders, are developing a that the Austrians have three im~ tions of the coal fields which center) far greater menace against the |Portant bases on the eastern Jabout Doual, ‘The ot these!’ (iacesant Gian Aus alae manee | shores of the Adriatic—Pola, Cattaro | fields 1x about 50,000,000 tons ay qeeut abehe tea ais teens. Jena : urazz0. | French troops between § Qu The strategic objective of the! ‘ola is the most important and tin and La Fere are timing their! Ghampagne offensive is to outflank |Shelters larger and more numerous advance to co-operate — perf the German position in the Argonne | Vessels than the other two. with the French forces, between | vissif, and permit Gen. Pershing| Cattaro has been one of the well the Ailette and Vesle Gen. Ber- 4 proceed with his advance down the | Protected points where Austrian thelot’s men are on the Aisne rivers/ Meuse to cut off Von Hindenburg’s | Vessels could put in during raiding only bp miles from Craonne. A Franco-American | aunc hed northeast of Rheims yes- resulted fn an| tack, | Petreat thru Luxemburg, attack, |" ‘The Champagne operations are ot the west side | operations. n {quite a number of Austrian craft ff the Argonne, while{t Various times and has offered Durazzo has harbored m) | |terday, has already Gen. Pershing’s principal forces are|® certain menace to transportation jadvance of three miles, and the] on the east side. of men and munitions. battle is under way | The French and Americans have Victory Important Complete evacuation of Albania! completed half of the distance to the| The naval authorities quoted said by Austrian for has been 4n-| northern end of the forest. They are|the moral effect of this victory nounced by Vienna. Italian troops | now at the western terminus of the | Would be enormous. The Austrian in pursuit have retaken the im-|Grand Pre pass, which cuts the for-|¥essels will be forced farther north- portant city of Berat. The Aus-| est in two and permits a movement | Ward, basing on Pola and Cattero, trian war office announced that! ali the way across the massif to the | Because of this, and with Albania’ | withdrawal was “rendered neces-| eastern side | free of Austrian troops, the passage sary by events on the Bulgarian Near Important Base jof supplies and men to the Near l¢ront.” The allied naval victory at} An excellent raiiroad and a splen- | East will be virtually unhampered, | Durazzo, however, may seriously|qid highway, flanking the Argonne | American submarines apparently linterfere with Austria's plans jin the west, are being followed by the | Were the only U. 8. vessels that Durazzo ‘is on the Adriatic, 60] Irench and Americans, These com.| Participated. The official declared miles north of Aviona, which was} munications lead to the important | that the Durazzo blow was signift- |the principal base of Italian opera- | German center of Vouzieres, five |cant of the close attuning of army tions in Albania. It ts less than 90/ miles north of the F ranco-American | and navy operations. miles from Brindisi, on the Italian | front | It was held comparable to the roast. Landing of an allied army| ‘The occupation of Vouzieres would | smothering of the important U- here, which would co-operate with| permit Marshal Foch to begin to| boat nests, Ostend and Zeebrugge, the Serbians, British, French and| swing the direction of the Cham.|on the Belgian coast. Italians, who have pushed north of|pagne drive to the northeast, ‘This| Incidentally, naval officers said | Durazzo in Serbia, might result in| would constitute the beginning of the | that Germany will soon have to utting off the retreating Aus- | turning movement against the Ar-|move these bases, probably te trians, ganna Holigoland cial